un: qionglin

[deadwenwalking]

Name: Wen Ning
Date: leneur 28
Format: video

[Wen Ning, when he appears, has his hands clasped in his lap. He seems, perhaps, a bit twitchier than usual. The stutter is nothing out of the ordinary, though even that is more frequent than it should be.]

H-hello?

[Video is so awkward. This would have been so much easier over text.]

Um. So, uh. M-my name is Wen Ning. I'm a witch. I... I know some of my fellow witches have, ah, animal companions? Familiars? I wanted to know what... how you decided what was right for you. A-am I supposed to... have a gut feeling? Will I just know? O-or is there anything even to know...

[He glances around nervously, as though he can feel the judgmental gazes of everyone over the network.]

Thank you, in... in advance.

Comments

[deadwenwalking]

I'm used to cats always running from me.

[beariot]

Maybe you just haven't found the right one?

[deadwenwalking]

Maybe...

Admittedly things aren't the same here as back home.

[beariot]

I feel like that, right there, the concept of difference between this world and the one you came from, is something a lot of people take time to settle into.

You don't have to be beholden to how things were. There's a whole community here willing to help.

[deadwenwalking]

So I see. And I appreciate it.

I suppose I'm concerned for any life that will be so deeply connected to mine.

[beariot]

I won't ask what inspires those concerns, but I'll just let you know that there's probably someone out there with similar struggles. If not the exact same, then at least close enough for empathy.

You're not alone.

[deadwenwalking]

I appreciate your words of comfort.

I will make an effort to try and connect better with others.

[beariot]

My name is Ursula, by the way. You can reach me on this if you ever just want to talk, okay? I know this can be hard. But you're doing a lot just by saying you'll try.

[deadwenwalking]

Everyone has been very kind, even though I feel as though I should have bene better prepared from the start. Thank you.